intractable

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Creating a more durable ceasefire will require some kind of agreement to at least keep talking about the two sides' contradictory lists of intractable issues.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Overlapping plots and jurisdictions trigger intractable land disputes.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Locally, he said, homelessness was the issue they identified as the most intractable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

"Their paper should enable a broad spectrum of studies that previously were intractable."

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

At the domestic level, then, Adams inherited a supercharged political atmosphere every bit as ominous and intractable as the tangle on the international scene.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis